The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-17
External Vigilance, "

During the struggle for American
Independence was denominated.
'the price Of liberty"
With equal truth It might have
been said '.every Individual that en-.
Joys liberty must Fay the price,
Liberty is the desire Of the
slave covering At the feet Of . bru-
tai master, and the shout for "liber-
IT," nearly bursts the throat Of the
brutal master.
The hardy. diligent, unceasing
toilers In the worlds workshops, or
In producing and making the COM
modities OF our varied climates and
soils, send up 40 earnest prayer for
Liberty. to enjoy an honest share Of
the products OF their own labor.
The grasping, avaricious mana
gers OF the lines Of transportation to
the avenues Of the rsat commercj
al centers, likewise demand liberty
TO tx transportation rates regard
less Of right aud justice. and without
regard to the general welfare. charg.
ing all the traffic will bear.
Liberty is the mord used by both
in making their demand, but the
thing desired by each Is entirely
different.
Eternal vigilance has hitherto
been characteristic Of the life, acts
and policy of the capital class. which
has moved In solid phalanx regard.
less Of partizan ties to secure
to itself the liberty to mould
legislation and Law, 50 as to promote
its own interests without regard to
individual or public rights. 1t has
for its own private use borrowed
the credit of the government at one
half OF one per cent for hundreds Of
millions OF dollars, realized immense
profits THERON, generally giving to
unorganized labor the liberty Ct
paying all the public taxes by care.
fully exempting its borrowed credit
from every tax or burden Of the
government.
In the sacred name OF liberty II
has su5orned witnesses; packed
iuries: bribed the officials OF the
city governments; bought members
OF congress and of the state legisla-
lures as openly as ever sheep were
bought in the shambles; secured
through corrupt means the election
or appointment OF its tools and
agents to nigh judicial positions;
stuffed the ballot boxes with iraudu-
lent ballots, and it has stolen the
presidency.
These being but few Of the crimes
that the capital class has inficted
upon the world and upon mankind
in the name OF liberty, would seem
to justify the exclamation OF Madame
Roland, noble heroine Of the
bloody French revolution while
being led to execution:
20, Liberty! what crimes arc com.
mitted 10 thy name!!"
These repeated outrages ofcapital
upon popular rights under the name
Of liberty or lawful license to plum.
der labor OF It's living, is having a
tendency to unite every phase Of
labor into As compact and vigorous
an organization as capital has
formed, and the determination to
exert the power and influence oi
this organization Of all the elements
Of labor for the protection Of that
element Is causing great alarm
among the wealthy class that has
never scrupied though numerically
but small portion Of the people
to select the officers VI the govern.
ment, dictate its policy and to pro-
mote its own interests through leg
islative channels. The daily press
of the east with here and there a
''Eup- sucker" in the west, echoes
this alarm OF capital. II panied us
TO see al, editorial Of that character
in the Dubuque Herald OF recent
date.
Labor i, Just beginning 10 SsFny
the Importance al united ac'fnn. ~
behalf OF its own rights and libertica
and the necessity Of Eternal ,Vigs-
Nnrs 'p theis P'Er',i'